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The symbol shows the location of the Rowridge (Isle Of Wight, England) transmitter which serves 620,000 homes. The bright green areas shown where the signal from this transmitter is strong, dark green areas are poorer signals. Those parts shown in yellow may have interference on the same frequency from other masts.

This transmitter has no current reported problems

The BBC and Digital UK report there are no faults or engineering work on the Rowridge (Isle Of Wight, England) transmitter.

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Which Freeview channels does the Rowridge transmitter broadcast?

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Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.

MuxH/VFrequencyHeightModeWatts
PSB1
BBCA
 V max
 H max
C24 (498.0MHz)
320mDTG-200,000W
200,000W
Channel icons
1 BBC One (SD) South, 2 BBC Two England, 9 BBC Four, 23 BBC Three, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, plus 17 others

PSB2
D3+4
 V max
 H max
C27 (522.0MHz)
320mDTG-200,000W
200,000W
Channel icons
3 ITV 1 (SD) (Meridian (South Coast micro region)), 4 Channel 4 (SD) South ads, 5 Channel 5, 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 13 E4, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 South ads, 18 More4, 26 ITV4, 28 ITVBe, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (Meridian south coast), 71 That’s 60s,

PSB3
BBCB
 V max
 H max
C21+ (474.2MHz)
320mDTG-200,000W
200,000W
Channel icons
46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD South, 102 BBC Two HD England, 103 ITV 1 HD (ITV Meridian Southampton), 104 Channel 4 HD South ads, 105 Channel 5 HD, 106 BBC Four HD, 107 BBC Three HD, 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others

COM4
SDN
 H -6dB
 V -6dB
C25 (506.0MHz)
299mDTG-850,000W
50,000W
Channel icons
20 U&Drama, 21 5USA, 29 ITV2 +1, 32 5STAR, 33 5Action, 38 Channel 5 +1, 41 Legend, 42 GREAT! action, 57 U&Dave ja vu, 58 ITV3 +1, 59 ITV4 +1, 64 Blaze, 67 TRUE CRIME, 68 TRUE CRIME XTRA, 81 Blaze +1, 83 Together TV, 91 WildEarth, 93 ITVBe +1, 209 Ketchup TV, 210 Ketchup Too, 211 YAAAS!, 251 Al Jazeera English, 255 FRANCE 24 (in English), 265 Rok Sky +1, plus 29 others

COM5
ArqA
 H -6dB
 V -6dB
C22+ (482.2MHz)
302mDTG-850,000W
50,000W
Channel icons
11 Sky Mix, 17 Really, 19 U&Dave, 31 E4 Extra, 36 Sky Arts, 40 Quest Red, 43 Food Network, 47 Film4 +1, 48 Challenge, 49 4seven, 60 U&Drama +1, 65 That's TV 2, 70 Quest +1, 74 &UYesterday +1, 76 That's TV 2 MCR, 233 Sky News, plus 13 others

COM6
ArqB
 H -6dB
 V -6dB
C28 (530.0MHz)
302mDTG-850,000W
50,000W
Channel icons
12 Quest, 25 U&W, 27 U&Yesterday, 34 GREAT! movies, 39 DMAX, 44 HGTV, 52 GREAT! christmas, 56 That's TV (UK), 63 GREAT! romance mix, 73 HobbyMaker, 75 That's 90s, 82 Talking Pictures TV, 84 PBS America, 235 Al Jazeera Eng, plus 18 others

LSO
 H -13dB
C37 (602.0MHz)299mDTG-1210,000W
Channel icons
from 22nd December 2014: 7 That's Solent,

DTG-8 64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
DTG-12 QSPK 8K 3/4 8.0Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)

Which BBC and ITV regional news can I watch from the Rowridge transmitter?

regional news image
BBC South Today 1.3m homes 4.9%
from Southampton SO14 7PU, 26km north (354°)
to BBC South region - 39 masts.
regional news image
ITV Meridian News 0.9m homes 3.6%
from Whiteley PO15 7AD, 24km north-northeast (20°)
to ITV Meridian (South Coast) region - 39 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with all of Meridian plus Oxford

Are there any self-help relays?

Portsmouth DocksTransposer2 km N city centre50 homes Estimate. Group of houses'

How will the Rowridge (Isle Of Wight, England) transmission frequencies change over time?

1950s-80s1984-971997-981998-20122012-132 May 2018
VHFA K TA K TA K TA K TW T
C3BBCtvwaves
C21C4wavesC4wavesC4waves+BBCBBBCB
C22+ArqAArqA
C24BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBCABBCA
C25SDNSDN
C27ITVwavesITVwavesITVwavesD3+4D3+4
C28ArqBArqB
C29LSO
C31BBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1wavescom7
C37com8
C55tv_offcom7tv_off
C56tv_offCOM8tv_off

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Table shows multiplexes names see this article;
green background for transmission frequencies
Notes: + and - denote 166kHz offset; aerial group are shown as A B C/D E K W T
waves denotes analogue; digital switchover was 7 Mar 12 and 21 Mar 12.

How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?

Analogue 1-4 500kW
PSB1||, PSB1≡, PSB2||, PSB2≡, PSB3||, PSB3≡(-4dB) 200kW
COM4≡, COM4||, COM5≡, COM5||, COM6≡, COM6||(-10dB) 50kW
com7≡(-13.1dB) 24.4kW
Mux 1*, Mux 2*, Mux A*, Mux B*, Mux C*, Mux D*(-14dB) 20kW
com8≡(-14.3dB) 18.4kW
LSO≡(-17dB) 10kW

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Rowridge transmitter area

Aug 1958-Jan 1992Southern Television
Jan 1982-Dec 1992Television South (TVS)
Jan 1993-Feb 2004Meridian
Feb 2004-Dec 2014ITV plc
Feb 1983-Dec 1992TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014ITV Daybreak•
• Breakfast ◊ Weekends ♦ Friday night and weekends † Weekdays only. Rowridge was not an original Channel 3 VHF 405-line mast: the historical information shown is the details of the company responsible for the transmitter when it began transmitting Channel 3.

Comments
Friday, 12 August 2011
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John Osborn
1:46 PM

I have lost all stations on freeview several times today today 12 August. Currently not working at 13:40. Analogue is working.

There was no warning of any work taking place!

How long is this likely to be going on for?

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Saturday, 13 August 2011
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Ali
9:25 PM

I have lost almost all the stations since early evening today 13 Aug. Film 4 and E4 + 1 seem to have some signal but the rest are all off. I had the same problem on Thursday 11 Aug but it sorted itself out on Frida 12 Aug. My post code is BH220LT.

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Sunday, 14 August 2011
S
Solent-Viewer
sentiment_satisfiedBronze

10:04 AM

Why do we get transmitter info AFTER the events??

Would it be too much to ask to get advance warning of work or expected problem.

I am fed up with loosing signal over various digital programmes despite having all my receiving system upgraded .. if this is DVB then we need to keep the analogue setup.

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Briantist
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10:51 AM

Solent-Viewer: As the condition is a fault, it is not possible to give advanced warning of something unexpected... it's an unknown unknown.

You have not provided a full postcode so I can't comment about your reception.

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G. Chalmers
3:45 PM

What effect, if any, will the proposed wind farm between Swanage and the Isle of Wight have on Swanage TV reception ?

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Monday, 15 August 2011
Briantist
sentiment_very_satisfiedOwner

8:20 AM

G. Chalmers: It depends if you are in a direct line between the transmitter and a windmill, as any direct object will effect reception.

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jb38
sentiment_very_satisfiedPlatinum

9:22 AM

G. Chalmers: And just to add what Briantist has correctly stated, as dependant on the number of the proposed turbines involved, should they be anywhere near (and not necessarily exactly in) a straight line between the transmitter and you then they have the potential to devastate the signal being received.

This was a major problem a few years ago for quite a few hundred people in the East Kilbride (and further afield) areas of Scotland, as a large wind farm was constructed roughly between them and the transmitter and was something that rapidly caused widespread complaints, the only way the problem was eventually resolved was with the power company involved issuing numerous households with Freesat boxes at no costs to themselves, needless to say this gesture not necessarily being graciously received by people who used a few TV's in their houses.

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Briantist
sentiment_very_satisfiedOwner

9:29 AM

jb38: I'm not sure about Scottish law, but under the English planning regulations, if a new development causes loss of TV reception, the developer is required for "make good" to those homes that lose their signal.

There is no reason in English planning law for this "make good" to be limited to a single television set, or fail to provide recorders for those who can demonstrate they already have one.

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jb38
sentiment_very_satisfiedPlatinum

4:17 PM

Briantist: An interesting point! and something I will make some enquiries about to a few of my contacts up in that area, all I remember from the time though was that the householders who were recipients of these Freesat boxes were up to a point given the impression that this was being done as a goodwill measure by the company involved, that said though quite a few of them of the more forceful variety did kick up about it, but I don't really know whether or not it done them any good.

With regards to what you have mentioned of "making good" under English planning law, even although I fully agree with what you say I suppose it really comes down to the intended definition of this clause by whoever decided upon it, as I can see that as being a legally arguable point from people who consider themselves as being on the losing side, these basically being the ones with multiple TV's, as I am aware the no-cost issue of a Freesat box to single TV housholds was to some of the people in the East Kilbride district considered as a bit of a bonus by them, as their reception wasn't that good to start off with, the Whitelee's fiasco providing an excellent opportunity for a "free" upgrade!

Of course the Scottish type of situation is bound to crop up at some point in time here in England, and when it does I will be watching with interest.

(That is unless its already been tested out in the courts!)

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Briantist
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9:43 PM

jb38: According to http://licensing.ofcom.or….pdf :

"Local Planning Authorities can take into account the impact of a development on [broadcast and] wireless services when considering planning applications and can choose to put proportionate conditions on developers to provide a remedy if appropriate" ... under section 106 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 [in England and Wales], section 75 of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997 [in Scotland] or section 40 of the Planning (Northern Ireland) Order 1991 [in Northern Ireland]."

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